Sunken shipwreck full of hidden treasure found 330 years later off UK coast

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Sunken shipwreck full of hidden treasure found 330 years later off UK coast

DIVERS have unearthed the incredible 330-year-old remains of Britain's richest shipwreck.
 
By Paul Harper / Published 10th June 2018
 

The merchant ship President was laden with a precious cargo of diamonds and pearls from India when she sank in February 1684.

The crew survived a miraculous battle with pirates and near starvation – but all-but-two died in a storm within sight of land at notorious Loe Bar, near Porthleven, Cornwall.

Fragments of the ship were first reported by divers 20 years ago, but now underwater explorers from Historic England found never-before-seen cannons and an anchor.

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